Tropidia curculigoides Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Schoenomorphus capitatus Thorel ex Gagnep.; Tropidia assamica Blume; Tropidia graminea Blume; Tropidia hongkongensis Rolfe; Tropidia squamata Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tropidia curculigoides Lindl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp forests
  • Comments / notes : Terrestrial
  • Key identification features : Terrestrial herbs; stem slender, erect, sometimes branched; leaves narrowly elliptic, many veined; raceme condensed, few-flowered; flowers white, faintly tinged with yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1925
  • Collection Locality : Kodagu district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Assam : Assam
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 163
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tropidia curculigoides. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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India Distribution

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